Training Mission Ramp Start - How to Select F-16?
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I am so badly struggling with the basics here.
- What is ‘track IR’?
A head tracking device that allows you to pan the view & move around in the pit by moving your real head. Track IR is a particularly successful brand on this segment, but there are alternatives.
- how does this guy do the moving back and forward in the cockpit here? /watch?v=owS6hC0cnKM
With a TrackIR
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Can anyone give me a simple explanation of what is going with the throttle?
In the Training Mission 1 - my throttle will not move past the 20% level. The manual says something about a ‘Idle cut Off’ option, so I looked that up. Seems that pressing alt-i does something that allows me to move the throttle up, but then it doesn’t stop until I press alt-i again, or something like that!
Can anyone simply explain to me how I get the throttle handle to work simply, i.e. move it forward to increase, and backward to decrease? -
Can anyone give me a simple explanation of what is going with the throttle?
In the Training Mission 1 - my throttle will not move past the 20% level. The manual says something about a ‘Idle cut Off’ option, so I looked that up. Seems that pressing alt-i does something that allows me to move the throttle up, but then it doesn’t stop until I press alt-i again, or something like that!
Can anyone simply explain to me how I get the throttle handle to work simply, i.e. move it forward to increase, and backward to decrease?When you start the engine spool up process, you want the throttle a little forward. So kick it forward a bit, start the JFS, and the engine will spool up to ~20%. Hit alt-i when the engine RPM indicator stops and then you can retard the throttle back to idle. The JFS will finish spooling up and rest at the engine idle position. That should get you where it acts like you expect. I believe there is some documentation in the manual that describes the function of the Idle Cutoff a little more, but that should at least get you started.
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Thanks a lot, that helped.
Another little question, when I select the Training Mission 1, I get to a screen that has the option of Ramp/Taxiway/Runway. Now, no matter what I do to select something, a counter just goes down from 30 secs down to 20 secs and then moves to the next screen.
Is there no way of bypassing this count down? -
Way to use it:
When you select Ramp, you start at 20 minutes before take-off, idle on the ramp; the counter stops at once if you’re under that.
When you select Taxiway, you start at 2 minutes before take-off, when you start taxiing; the counter stops at once if you’re under that.
When you select Runway, you start on take-off.The sim leaves you a few seconds to change. I usually hit Runway until I reach the time I need to do my rampstart, then I hit Rampstart to stop the counter and start the sim on the ramp.
BMS-Manual in Docs/Folder, page 169.
Thanks a lot, that helped.
Another little question, when I select the Training Mission 1, I get to a screen that has the option of Ramp/Taxiway/Runway. Now, no matter what I do to select something, a counter just goes down from 30 secs down to 20 secs and then moves to the next screen.
Is there no way of bypassing this count down? -
Sorry, didn’t appreciate the differences in the icons for A-10 and F-16. Not looking closely enough! No labels to help, but I guess that just shows my ‘newness’!
Another issue that I am facing is that when going through the Training Manual docs with this first mission, there are buttons etc. that I cannot see on the panels as some levers are in the way. Also, there are switches/buttons that can’t be pressed into positions suggested in the manual.Clicking and holding the middle mouse button lets you move your head in the horizontal plane (left, right, front, and forward). Clicking and holding the middle mouse button and using the mouse wheel (that one’s a bit tricky) lets you move your head up and down.
Cheers!
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- I have a Thrustmaster T-Flight HOTAS and having big issues with the throttle (amongst other things!). It’s on the rocker paddle on the throttle attachment, and although it appears to work ok in the setup screens, I can’t get it to work correctly in-game. For example, if I select ‘Instant Action’, then increase the throttle, that works. If I then try to reduce the throttle, as long as hold the paddle in, the rpm decreases, but the second I let go of the paddle switch, the throttle starts increasing again!
I see no one answered this so I will. The problem is the throttle assignment is assigned to the throttle slider and not the throttle axis. To fix, go to setup, controllers, click on T-Flight HOTAS, then click advanced. Find the throttle setting and change it to the Z-axis. Not z-slider. You can test it by moving the throttle and watching the bar move left and right below the drop down selection. Click okay, then apply and then okay. Should be back in main menu.
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Clicking and holding the middle mouse button lets you move your head in the horizontal plane (left, right, front, and forward). Clicking and holding the middle mouse button and using the mouse wheel (that one’s a bit tricky) lets you move your head up and down.
Cheers!
Thank you, but I don’t have a middle mouse button as I am using a trackpad!
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I see no one answered this so I will. The problem is the throttle assignment is assigned to the throttle slider and not the throttle axis. To fix, go to setup, controllers, click on T-Flight HOTAS, then click advanced. Find the throttle setting and change it to the Z-axis. Not z-slider. You can test it by moving the throttle and watching the bar move left and right below the drop down selection. Click okay, then apply and then okay. Should be back in main menu.
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Thank you. I successfully have the throttle working on the z-axis now. One issue now is that the zoom view (previously assigned to the z-axis) doesn’t work. I tried putting it on the slider, but that always returns to the middle view when the slider is released.
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Way to use it:
When you select Ramp, you start at 20 minutes before take-off, idle on the ramp; the counter stops at once if you’re under that.
When you select Taxiway, you start at 2 minutes before take-off, when you start taxiing; the counter stops at once if you’re under that.
When you select Runway, you start on take-off.The sim leaves you a few seconds to change. I usually hit Runway until I reach the time I need to do my rampstart, then I hit Rampstart to stop the counter and start the sim on the ramp.
BMS-Manual in Docs/Folder, page 169.
Got it - I think! Thanks for the tip.
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Thank you. I successfully have the throttle working on the z-axis now. One issue now is that the zoom view (previously assigned to the z-axis) doesn’t work. I tried putting it on the slider, but that always returns to the middle view when the slider is released.
Yeah, that’s because the slider is spring loaded to return to the neutral position. You can zoom your view in and out using the mouse wheel when mouse cursor is not over any knob control in cockpit.
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Yeah, that’s because the slider is spring loaded to return to the neutral position. You can zoom your view in and out using the mouse wheel when mouse cursor is not over any knob control in cockpit.
Thanks but as I said to eurybaric above, I don’t have a mouse wheel/middle button. I’m using a trackpad. Is there a keyboard command for this?
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Thanks but as I said to eurybaric above, I don’t have a mouse wheel/middle button. I’m using a trackpad. Is there a keyboard command for this?
Not sure if there is or not, but if there is it will probably be listed in the AdvancedSetup tab of controllers as one of the callbacks–look for something like SimZoomIn in the list.